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17 May 2012 16:33 GMT The $460bn sovereign wealth fund has been experiencing an exodus of alternative investment professionals, many of whom were hired during the fund’s initial launching of its private equity programme.
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18 May 2012 03:00 GMT Facebook has raised $16bn in its IPO. Shares will debut at $38 tomorrow on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
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18 May 2012 02:00 GMT Jerome Powell, who founded and led The Carlyle Group’s industrial division within its US buyout fund, has been named to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
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17 May 2012 16:33 GMT The $222m fund marks the first time River Associates Investments has received commitments from pensions, insurance companies and endowments, says RAI partner Mark Jones.
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17 May 2012 16:30 GMT The 3i Group will aim to diversify by adding to its infrastructure and debt management business after releasing a management statement showing another turbulent year.
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17 May 2012 16:29 GMT The private equity industry invested $144bn across 1,702 transactions in the US in 2011, according to a recent Private Equity Growth Capital Council Report.
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17 May 2012 02:00 GMT The uncertainty in Europe ‘plays to the [firm’s] strengths’, Permira said in its latest annual review, in which it reported strong growth among its funds.
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16 May 2012 16:17 GMT The firm is well on the way to its $1.5bn hard-cap, having raised more than $400m since holding a first close in September.
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16 May 2012 05:05 GMT Valuating investments denominated in the euro currency would be difficult if the currency was abandoned -- a consequence GPs should be ready for, say private equity lawyers.
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16 May 2012 02:00 GMT Tom Donovan, an eight-year veteran of Credit Suisse’s senior distribution team, will lead the placement agent’s efforts in North America.
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15 May 2012 15:33 GMT The firm reported profits fell by about 26% but stressed during an earnings call Tuesday that quarter-to-quarter results are not the way to measure the firm’s overall performance.
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15 May 2012 16:18 GMT Riverside Partners has closed its fifth fund on $561m to target investments in healthcare and technology companies.
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15 May 2012 03:00 GMT The fund’s advisory board includes several US foreign policy heavyweights, including General Wesley Clarke and terror-expert Richard Clarke.
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14 May 2012 16:32 GMT President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign has released an advertisement highlighting Mitt Romney's and Bain Capital’s investment in GST Steel.
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14 May 2012 16:09 GMT Iwakaze Capital, headed by former Ripplewood Japan executive Kenji Ueda, has stopped raising its second fund, which launched in 2010, because of the tough marketing environment, according to Ueda.
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